I made this!
Feb. 24th, 2004 02:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
plonqOne of the important elements of learning to cook is the lesson in what not to do in the future. For instance, if one is going to make red-bean filled dumplings, one should buy the canned bean paste and not bother making the paste from scratch. That is not to say that one cannot make red-bean paste from scratch if one has more time and energy than brains, but one quickly learns that it's probably not something that one wants to do a second time.
Let's just say that it was more work than I had anticipated.
What inspired me to make the bean paste was some steamed rolls that![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
dronon made awhile back for a pot luck supper. The rolls were very good, and while I was munching on one I kept thinking how they were just about the right consistency to make some steamed, sweet red-bean filled dumplings...
It tastes much better than it looks.
I can't shake the feeling that I've probably perverted a few existing recipes to come up with these (aren't the dumplings usually made from rice flower?) but that's one of the other important lessons in cooking; don't be afraid to experiment. If we end up entertaining friends again this weekend then I may haul out the steamer and make another batch (I have lots of bean paste left over).
Let's just say that it was more work than I had anticipated.
What inspired me to make the bean paste was some steamed rolls that
dronon made awhile back for a pot luck supper. The rolls were very good, and while I was munching on one I kept thinking how they were just about the right consistency to make some steamed, sweet red-bean filled dumplings...It tastes much better than it looks.
I can't shake the feeling that I've probably perverted a few existing recipes to come up with these (aren't the dumplings usually made from rice flower?) but that's one of the other important lessons in cooking; don't be afraid to experiment. If we end up entertaining friends again this weekend then I may haul out the steamer and make another batch (I have lots of bean paste left over).
